June 30, 2010

China attacks U.S. X-37B as threat to 'established space strategic balance'

A senior Chinese military official has accused the United States of launching a new military space race with the test flight of the X-37B space plane. Li Daguang, a senior military space specialist at China’s National Defense University, stated in a report that the Air Force X-37B is a top-secret development program and appears to be a miniature version of the space shuttle. “This kind of space aircraft represents the highest level of today's space technology,” he said. (FULL STORY)
The U.S. Air Force X-37B space plane.
Would be superpower ducks leadership responsibilities: 'Do more but talk less'

With China having attained virtual quasi-superpower status, the administration under President Hu Jintao is shifting from naked power projection to smart diplomacy with Chinese characteristics. In the wake of the global financial crisis — which Beijing has blamed on misguided American policies — the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership has been unabashedly throwing China's weight around the world as a full-fledged member of the Group of Two.  (FULL STORY)
President Barack Obama greets Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington in April.   AFP/File/Jim Watson
Lugar: Time for U.S. to 'come to grips' with China's increased 'global leverage'
Israel's strategic technology may be sweetener in its overtures to China on Iran
   
Report: First-born son of Kim Jong-Il still a contender, has China's backing
Xinhua 'reporters' playing major intelligence role with 'secret reports'
China financing Pakistani reactors over U.S., India objections
S. Korean spy chief: Kim Jong-Il suffering from dementia, 'anxieties'

  INSIDE  NORTH  KOREA     
Railway blackout in mountains north of Pyongyang blamed for 8 deaths by starvation

A power outage in a train running between the North Korean capital city of Pyongyang and the city of Hyesan left eight passengers starved to death this spring before the power supply could be reconnected nine days later.
Biggest N. Korea Party meeting in 30 years tied to succession
Cash-starved N. Korea sends more workers to Kaesong despite tensions
Burma tycoon reportedly brokered 50-fighter-bombers deal with China
PLA restricts cell phone use following interceptions by western intelligence

 
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